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CHAPTER 4
The Service of the Levites and their Numbering
_ 1. The children of Kohath; their service (Numbers 4:1)_
2. The sons of Gershon; their service (Numbers 4:21)
3. The sons of Merari; their...
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A CENSUS OF THE LEVITES QUALIFIED TO SERVE ABOUT THE TABERNACLE, AND
THE APPORTIONMENT OF THEIR DUTIES. This census includes all males
between 30 and 50 (_cf._ 1 Chronicles 23:3). In Numbers 8:23 the...
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DOOR. entrance....
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The Gershonites and their duties.
They carry (in wagons Numbers 7:7) all the hangings and coverings of
which the Dwelling and the court are composed....
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B. THE GERSHONITES vv. 21-28
TEXT
Numbers 4:21. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 22. Take also the
sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by
their families; 23. From...
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_THIS IS THE SERVICE OF THE FAMILIES OF THE GERSHONITES, TO SERVE, AND
FOR BURDENS:_
This is the service ... They were appointed to carry "the curtains of
the tabernacle" - i:e., the goats' hair cove...
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THE DUTIES OF THE LEVITES ON THE MARCH
2. Kohath seems to have been the second son of Levi (Numbers 3:17),
but his family is mentioned first, because Moses and Aaron belonged to
it (Numbers 3:19 cp. E...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 4
THE DUTIES OF KOHATH’S *CLAN – NUMBERS 4:1-20
V1 The *LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, V2-3 ‘K
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AND THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION. — Better, _And the tent of
meeting._ The _mishkan_ or dwelling-place is distinguished in Numbers
3:25 from the _ohel_ or tent which covered it. The curtains of...
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Continuing the instructions concerning the Levites, we have a minute
account of their work in connection with the movement and marching of
the people. The family of Kohath were made responsible for ca...
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And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle
of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers'
skins that [is] above upon it, and the hanging for the (o) do...
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In the service of the Gershonites, we may learn some sweet and
interesting instructions, also, spiritually considered. Was not the
numbering of those that ministered in this tabernacle service,
emblem...
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It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without
feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And
this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...
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Next in order come the arrangements prescribed for the carrying of the
things which the tabernacle contained, as well as their coverings,
when the camp journeyed in the wilderness. I shall point out w...
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AND THEY SHALL BEAR THE CURTAINS OF THE TABERNACLE,.... The ten
curtains of fine linen, Exodus 26:1;
AND THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION; the curtains of goats' hair
made for a tent over it, as Ja...
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_The curtains_ Or covering of goats' hair. _The tabernacle_ The ten
curtains which covered the boards of the tabernacle; for the boards
themselves were carried by the Merarites. _His covering_ The cov...
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1 The age and time of the Leuites seruice.
4 The carriage of the Kohathites when the Priestes haue taken downe
the Tabernacle.
16 The charge of Eleazar.
17 The office of the Priests.
21 The carria...
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THE WORK OF THE GERSHONITES...
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and they shall bear the curtains of the Tabernacle, and the Tabernacle
of the Congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers'
skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of...
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THE SERVICE OF THE KOHATHITES
(vs.1-20)
Moses and Aaron are instructed in verse 2 to take a census of the sons
of Korath, those males 30 to 50 years of age. In verses 21-22 the same
is said as to th...
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21-33 We have here the charge of the other two families of the
Levites, which, though not so honourable as the first, yet was
necessary, and to be done regularly. All the things were delivered
them b...
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THE CURTAINS OF THE TABERNACLE, i.e. the curtains or covering of goats
hair. THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, i.e. the ten curious
curtains which covered the boards of the tabernacle; for the board...
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Numbers 4:25 carry H5375 (H8804) curtains H3407 tabernacle H4908
tabernacle H168 meeting H4150 covering H4372 covering H43
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THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SONS OF GERSHON (NUMBERS 4:21).
Numbers 4:21
‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the sum of the sons of
Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families, fro...
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Numbers 4:1. _And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after
their families, by the house of their fathers,_
There were th...
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CONTENTS: The service of the Kohathrites, Gershonites and Merarites.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron.
CONCLUSION: There is a service appointed to each of God's people in
connection with His Church, an...
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Numbers 4:3. _Thirty years old._ We read in chap. 8., that the levites
began to learn as is understood, at the age of twenty five. From 1
Chronicles 23., we learn that the census was taken at the age...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 4:1 Levites between 30 and 50 years old were
responsible for moving the tabernacle from campsite to campsite. This
chapter specifies what each Levitical clan must do (vv. Numbe...
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Critical Notes.— Numbers 4:3. צָבָא, _host_, “signifies
military service, and is used here with special reference to the
service of the Levites as the _militia sacra_ of Jehovah.”—_Keil
and Del_.
Numb...
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EXPOSITION
THE DUTIES OF THE LEVITES (Numbers 4:1).
NUMBERS 4:2
TAKE THE SUM OF THE SONS OF KOHATH. The Levites having been separated
from the other tribes, the Kohathites are now
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Now in chapter four we find that from the tribe of Kohath the men that
were to actually do the service of carrying and all, of course they
numbered them from a month old upwards. It's obvious that lit...
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Exodus 26:14; Numbers 3:25; Numbers 3:26; Numbers 7:5...
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The curtains — The curtains or covering of goats — hair. The
tabernacle — The ten curtains which covered the boards of the
tabernacle; for the boards themselves were carried by the Merarites.
His cove...